Highest Paying State Government Careers

The capitol of the Commonwealth of Virginia from the front in Richmond on a bright sunny day (source: Matej Krajcovic / Shutterstock.com).

Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Though many of the highest paying state government jobs are slightly lower-paying than their federal counterparts, there is greater demand for nearly all of them. As noted in other articles, state governments are expected to fill over 1.4 million jobs by 2016. The career fields listed below have the highest average salaries and link to articles listing the highest paying occupations for each field. Check out each of the articles bellow to learn which state government jobs pay the most.